Cupcakes

In reviewing the boards there are no new reviews for cupcakes. It looks like the last reviews were in 2005 and 2008. What's the best cupcake in the East Bay today? Looking for cupcakes for next week's birthday dinner and want them to be The Best! Thanks for any help.

Thanks, but unfortunately for me, my dinner is on Saturday, and Cupkates does not have Sat. pickup. I was concerned that if I purchased the cupcakes on the Friday that either (1) they would be slightly dry by Sat, or (2) I would have eaten them. Any other suggestions?

I like Cupkates, they use real buttercream and you've gotta love the novelty of buying a cupcake from a truck, but my favorite remains the chocolate/chocolate cupcake from Teacakes in Emeryville. They get the frosting right, the cake usually has a lovely crumb and they're pretty. I can't vouch for their other flavors. The vanilla is meh.

And Cupkates, even purchased the day of, do not transport well. Weird because they're from a vehicle...The frosting is really fragile and the cupcakes themselves are so light. Anytime I've tried to eat them anywhere aside from adjacent to the truck, they're always knocked over and messy. Maybe they've improved their to-go packaging...

If you buy a dozen from CupKates, they're in a great box with holes for each cupcake that doesn't let them slide. I'm not such a big fan of teacakes, as they use powdered sugar buttercream. But most people love them.

Just to let people what I ended up doing. I arranged with CupKates to pick up the cupakes at their bakery in Richmond the evening before the party. The 'cakes came in easily transportable boxes which held each 'cake in place - like a little cup holder so transport was absolutely no problem. We ordered red velvet, double chocolate, double vanilla and the cupcake of the month, lemon meringue. The directions were to keep them at room temp. All of cupcakes were GREAT. The cake was tender and moist (although personally I don't know what all the hype is about red velvet); the frostings were delicious, but a little of the heavy side - in the sense that there was a little too much frosting for the size of each cake. Most everyone in attendance is a chocolate addict, and everyone thought that the lemon meringue was the show stopper. After all this, someone just told me a new cupcake place opened in Walnut Creek - anyone heard of that?

I like cupkates - especially the vanilla, but am also a fan of Braxton's Boxes which delivers in the east bay. They are a little more decorative than CupKates, and still delicious with any variety you want to order. I am also a sucker for the frosting at Fatapples....

Frosting Bake Shop? I tried it a few months ago It was not my favorite. They had novelty flavors but the cake seemed dry and the frosting was sweet. I do like CupKates - I am a frosting fan and I like theirs, though it is piled so high I can't always get a properly balanced bite, for lack of a better term.